Новости по теме Medicine

Polio in Syria poses risk for Europe: doctors An outbreak of polio in Syria poses a threat to Europe, where the crippling and potentially fatal disease was declared eradicated in 2002, doctors warned on Friday.

08 November 2013

One dose of HPV vaccine may prevent cervical cancer A single dose -- rather than the recommended three -- of a vaccine against the sexually transmitted disease HPV may be enough to ward off cervical cancer.

04 November 2013

Germany offers third gender option, but advocates say not enough Germany on Friday became the first European country to allow babies born with characteristics of both sexes to be registered as neither male nor female, but advocates urged further reforms.

02 November 2013

Gym not for you? Easy home tasks also help heart: study Mowing the lawn or washing the car are among simple activities that can reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke by almost 30 percent in people over 60.

29 October 2013

China doctors protest after murder by patient: media Chinese hospital staff protested on Monday after a patient killed one doctor and wounded two more, local media said, in the latest violence to hit the country's overburdened medical sector.

28 October 2013

Cellular breakthrough earns trio Nobel for medicine A trio of American scientists won the Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for pioneering work on the body's cell transport system.

08 October 2013

Nuclear medicine center to open in Almaty Opening a nuclear medicine center in Almaty will cost around 9 billion tenge ($60 million).

02 October 2013

Kazakhstan medical staff tested for professional suitability Medical professionals are being massively tested for professional suitability for the first time in Kazakhstan.

22 September 2013

Kazakhstan mulls transplanting organs without notifying families Emergency organ transplantation without notification of the patient’s families, in case they are not immediately available, may be put into a law in Kazakhstan.

17 September 2013

Hearing device implantation surgery made in Almaty Professor of Vilnius Medical University Yevgenius Lisinskas made the surgery in the Central Clinical Hospital of Almaty.

06 September 2013

Risk calculator boosts odds of finding lung cancer A new software tool may help doctors eliminate mistakes when judging whether a spot that turns up on a smoker's lung scan is cancerous or not.

06 September 2013

Petropavlovsk resident got first bio-hand in Kazakhstan The resident of Presnovka village Saker Ospanov lost his right hand in a car accident three years ago and received his new hand at the expense of the local budget.

06 September 2013

Mexico City mulls legal marijuana 'clubs' The Mexico City council is considering the legalization of cannabis plants and the creation of private marijuana smoking "clubs" as it mulls controversial legislation to liberalize consumption.

05 September 2013

Experimental drug 'cures' hepatitis C in small trials An experimental drug combination cured 70 percent of patients with hepatitis C in early trials, offering hope of a simpler remedy for the chronic liver disease.

28 August 2013

One million cockroaches flee China farm: report At least one million cockroaches have escaped a farm in China where they were being bred for use in traditional medicine.

26 August 2013

Insecticide-treated bed nets prevent tropical disease: study Bed nets treated with insecticide are a simple and economical way to eradicate filariasis, a mosquito-born tropical disease that threatens 1.4 billion people worldwide.

22 August 2013

South Korean surgeon to offer free consultations in Almaty A famous surgeon from South Korea will come to Almaty for experience exchange.

16 August 2013

MSF pulls out of Somalia after 'extreme attacks' Medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders closed all its operations in war-torn Somalia on Wednesday, warning of growing insecurity, after 22 years of working in the Horn of Africa troublespot.

15 August 2013

Kazakhstan mulls creating donorship consent registrar Kazakhstan Healthcare Ministry is working on a common registrar of donors, recipients and persons awaiting transplantation.

13 August 2013

2 thousand Kazakhstan citizens require transplantation Kazakhstan is experiencing a deficit of donor organs same as most countries around the world as well: Ministry.

12 August 2013

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